Measuring, cutting, and displaying means for oil-cloth stands.



l. L. MUE-LLER. MEASURING, CUTTING, AND DISPLAYING MEANS FOR olLwcLoTH' sANns.'

APPL'lcATloN man NH23, 1914. 1,234,926. y Patented Julyl, 1917.

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APPLICATlON FILED APR. 23, |914. 1,234,926.

Patent-ed July 31, 1917.

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. JOI-IN L. MUELLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

MEASURING, CUTTING, AND DISPLAYING :MEANS FOR OIL-CLOTH STANDS.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it Aknown that I, JOHN L. MUELLER, a citizen of the United States, and residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring, Cutting, and Displaying Means for Oil-Cloth Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to measuring and cutting means, and more particularly, to measuring and cutting means for table oilcloth. l

Table oilcloth is supplied in rolls, and is often 60 inches wide, the rolls are, therefore, as much as 60 inches in length. Such oilcloth is comparatively thin, and has noy stiffness, so that it is rather inconvenient to handle. Such oilcloth has a pattern on one side, and the pattern is on` the inside. when rolled up, but in the display thereof, this pattern should be on the outside. Thel stands and racks used for displaying 'such oilcloth should occupyas small a space as` possible, but should be so constructed as to properly display the goods with the pattern out.

One of the objects of this invention, therefore, is to provide a combination display Stand and dispensing means, more particularly, measuring and cutting means, which will properly display the goods, which will be convenient to handle, and which Vwill occupy a small space. Y

Another obj ect is to provide a combination display stand in which the rows of goods are displayed vertically, and placed horizontally when measured and cut. l

Another object is to provide supporting means for the rolls, which will so support 'these rolls, that the goods can bemeasured accurately and cut square across.

Another object is to provide a construction in which the rolls can be readily placed into and out of position, either in the display stand. or in the carrier for the measuring and cutting means, which is simple in construction and operation, and convenient to handle. A

Further objects will appear from the .detail ldescription taken in yconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which: p

Figure 1 is a side. elevation of a combination` stand embodying.- this invention,

Speccation of Letters Patent. v Patnted July 31, 191 *7,

Application led April 23, 19,14. Serial No.`833,934.-. l

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail side elevation of the measuring and cutting mechanism,

F ig..3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2, C

Fig. l is an end elevation oi Fig. 2, showing the measuring and cutting frame in position for measuring and cutting,

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5, Fig. 2,

Fig. 6 is anV enlarged section-on `the line 6 6, Fig. 3 with the. dispensing carrier in horizontal position,

Fig. 7 is an enlarged section on the line 7,'Fig. 3,

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8 8, Figfl,

Fig. 9 is a detail perspective viewfof one end of Vthe measuring and cutting frame, showing the latch forthe winding roll,

Fig. 10 is an enlarged bottom view of the measuring mechanism, I

Fig. 11 is a section on the line 11-11, Fig. 10,

F ig. 12 is an enlarged view, partly in section, the section being taken on the line 12 12, Fig. 5, and,

Fig. 13 is a detail section on the line 13 13, Fig. 5, and showing the cutting knife in position for cutting the cloth. l

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 10 designates a base supporting a rotary carrier 11, which rotary carrier is adapted to detachably support rolls ofoilcloth 12 at the top'and bottom. Clamps'l lare provided for clamping the rolls intermediate their ends, and hold the oilcloth in rolled up position. The carrier is also provided with a removable top 14 for covering the ends of the rolls. This display stand is fully shown and described in my PatentNo. 1,1M,229, dated June 22, 1915, to which reference is had for details of construction.

The base 10 has secured thereto a laterforks have upwardly extending spaced lugs 25 thereon. The arms 23, Fig. 7, have upwardly extending spaced lugs 26 thereon. One of these lugs on one of these arms 23 has a boss 27, formed hollow, to receivea sliding bolt 28 provided with a cross-pm 29. A spring 30 in the boss bears at one end against the cross-pin 29, and at the other end against a plug 31 threaded into the boss. The bolt has a knurled head 32, whereby it may be operated.V

The dispensing or measuring and cutting carrier comprises a pair of end plates 35 connected, as seen in Figs. 2, 4 and 5, by hollow bars or pipes 36, 37, 38 and 39, and the end plates have cast thereon lugs 40 which take into the ends of these pipes. Cross-pins 41 pass through the lugs 40 and the pipes 36, 37, 38 and 39, but Vthe pipes 39 may be left free to revolve on the lugs 40 so as to form rolls. A pipe 42 has lugs 43 pinned to the ends thereof, and one of these forms a pintle 44 engaging a hole in one of the end plates 35, while the other lug has a shaft 45 engaging a slot 46 in the other end plate, as seen in Fig. 9. A pivoted latch 47 is provided to take over the shaft 45 and hold the roll in position, and this shaft is provided with a handle 48 whereby it may beV turned. rllhe bars 36 and 38 are pivotedy between the lugs 25 by means of screws 49, and the pipe 38 is also provided with a hole 50, Figs. 3 and 7, adapted to be engaged by the bolt 28. lThe arm 15 has mounted thereon, Figs. 1 and 8, a spring-operated latch 51 engagingy a keeper lug 52 projecting Vfrom the bottom plate 35.

An arm 55, Figs. 2, 4, 5 and 12, is provided with a head 56 having spaced lugs 57 thereon, apertured to pivotally support this arm on the pipe 36. A springy 58 is mounted on the bar 36 between the lugs 57, and is attached at one end to the bar 36, while its other end bears against the head 56. This spring normally tends to move the arm in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 5. The arm 55 is provided, as seen more clearly in Figs. 2, 10 and 11, with a hollow frame, comprising, sides 61 and ends 62, and this frame is covered by a graduated dial-plate 63. A shaft 64 is rotatably mounted in the ends 62 of the frame, and is provided with a threaded portion 65, with a wheel 66 (which may be knurled) and a knurled head 67. A pointer 68, Fig. 11, has a projection 69 passing through a slot 70 in the plate 63, and this lug Vis'provided with projections 71 and 72 taking into the threads 65 on the shaft 64.

The hollow bar 37 has extending therealong, as seen more clearly in Figs. 2 and 13, a cutting slot 75 which is positioned immediately under the point of contact of the wheel 66 with the bar, and a cutter 76, at-

tached to the frame by a chain 77, is adapted to pass through and along this slot.

rlhe dispensing or measuring and cutting frame is arranged to be swung from a ver.

tical to a horizontal position on the standard 17, and is latched in either position, being held in the vertical position by latch 51 and in its horizontal position by latch 28. Y

rlhe wheel 66 may be swung on the bar 36 to position itV either over the bar 37, or move it from out of position over the frame.

Rotation of the wheel 66 will cause a rota-V tion of the shaft 64 connected thereto, and

this will, in turn, cause the pointer 68, through engagement of parts 71 and 72 with thread 65, to travel along the slot in the dial plate 63, which is graduated in any suitable units as shown in Fig. 2. If a sheet of oilcloth passes over ythe bar 37, and the measuring wheel 66 is thrown out ofthe way, the goods can be cut by passing the knife 76 in along the slot 75, as shown in Fig. 13.

The general operation is as follows: Vrllhe parts are normally in the position shown in Fig. 1, with the dispensing or measuring and cutting carrier in a vertical position alongside of the display carrier, and late-hedV i' Y in that' p osition by the latch 5l, Fig. .8. lhen it is desired to measure and cut a piece of oilcloth from one of the rolls, this roll is removed from the display carrier byV a radial movement, the latch 51 released j with the foot, and the measuring and cutting frome moved to a horizontal position and latched by the bolt 28, Fig. 7. vThe measuring wheel is then swung o-ut of the l,

way andthe roll laid in'position on the rev- Voluble bars 39, as seen in Fig. 5. The end o f the oilcloth is then, passed over the cutting bar 37, the measuring wheel moved down to engage the pattern face of the oilcloth, and the end of the oilcloth pulled out over the bar and wound once around the winding roll 42. It will beV noted that, dur-V ing this pulling out of the oilcloth, when pulling out suiiicient to place it on the winding roll, the measuring wheelv will measure the amount pulled out. V'lhe handle 48 is then moved in the directionV of the arrow, Fig. 5, and the required amount of oilcloth measured. The measuringV wheel is then raised out of .the way, and the knife 7 6 run Y along the slot 75 tocut the measured amount. The roll of oilcloth is then returned to the stand, the measured part removed with theV Vwinding roll 42 from tlie'frame, and this carrier or frame to measure and cut off'any desired length of oilcloth. Since the oil-V cloth is in a horizontal position when measured and cut, it can be manipulated more conveniently, and the measuring and cutting can be performed more accurately than if'this oilcloth roll were in a vertical position. At the same time, the carrier is so constructed that it will be in a vertical position and occupy a small ioor space when not in use. The measuring device is not only small in construction, but has only a slight amount of friction, and there will, therefore, be no slipping of the oilcloth with respect to the measuring wheel. The point of contact between the measuring wheel and the oilcloth coincides exactly with the cutter slot 7 5. It is, therefore, insured that the oilcloth will be cut at the exact point as measured from the end of the piece. Since the device can be constructed almost entirely of pipe, its weight will be small.

The device as a whole meets all contingencies arising in the operation of handling the oilcloth throughout the various stages of displaying, measuring and cutting the same, and provides for these various steps being conveniently and expeditiously performed, and results, therefore, not only in a minimum expenditure of time and labor on the part of the salesman, but also in a saving of material by preventing waste incident to measuring and cutting the cloth and damaging of the goods in handling. Thus, it is apparent that the device as a whole results in a marked saving in time, labor and material, together with an economizing of store space, and that the attainment of these results is due to the combination and coperative arrangement of the parts of the device as a whole, by which it may carry out the various steps of the operation of the handling of the goods.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in details of construction without departing from the spirit of this invention, and it is to be understood, therefore, that this invention is not to be limited to the specific construction shown and described.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed is:

l. The combination with a base, of a display carrier mounted thereon and having means constructed and arranged to detachably support the upper and lower ends of "display carrier.

verticallyr i disposedl rolls ofVv goods, adapting carrier at will in dispensing the goods, and

a dispensing carrier `mounted on said base and constructed and arranged to supportin 5:70

horizontal position a roll removed from said 2. `The combination'with 'a base, of a dismeans constructed and arranged to detachably support the upper' and lower'ends-'of vertically disposed rolls of goods, adaptingv the rolls for complete removal from said carrier at will in dispensing the goods, and a dispensing carrier pivotally mounted on said base und constructed and arranged -to support in horizontal position a roll re-V moved from said display carrier, the pivotal axis of said dispensing carrier being disposed in a plane intermediate the ends of the vertically disposed rolls.

3. The combination with a base, of a display carrier mounted thereon and having means constructed and arranged to remov.

ably support vertically disposed rolls of the rolls for completeV removal fromsaid vplay carrier mounted 'thereon and having i goods, adapting the rolls for complete removal from said carrier at will-in dispensing the goods, and a dispensing carrier mounted on said base and constructed and arranged to receive a roll taken from the display carrier and to support the same lliorizontally in elevated position above the ase.

t. The combination with a base, of a display carrier mounted thereon and constructed to detachably support the upper and lower ends of the rolls of goods, adapting the rolls for complete removal from said carrier at will in dispensing the goods, a dispensing carrier mounted on said base and constructed and arranged to receive and support a roll taken from the display carrier and permit the goods to be unrolled therefrom while positioned thereon, and measuring means on said dispensingcarrier.

5. The combination with a base, of a display carrier mounted thereon and having means constructed and arranged to detachably supportv the upper and lower ends of vertically disposed rolls of goods, adapting the rolls for complete removal from said carrier at will in dispensing the goods, and a dispensing carrier pivotally mounted on said base and adapted to normally stand vertically in an unobstructing position adj acent to said display carrier, the pivotal axis of said dispensing carrier being disposed in a plane intermediate the ends of the vertically disposed rolls adapting said carrier to be moved to an elevated horizontal position above the base to receive and support a roll taken from said display carrier.

6. The combination with a base, of a display carrier mounted thereon and having means constructed to detachably support the upper and lower ends of vertically disposed said dispensing carrier to be positioned ver l0 Y rolls of goods, adapting the rolls :tor comtioally and horizontally With respect to said'V plete removal from said Carrier at Will in display carrier. Y Y Y Y dispensing the goods, a dispensing carrier y ln testimony whereof Il aiilx my signature 5 mounted on said base and constructed and in the presence of these tWo Witnesses.

arranged to receive and support a roll taken JOHNV L. MUELLER.V Y from the display carrier, and means for piv- Witnesses: Y Y e Y otally supporting said dispensing carrier in- J. H. BRUNINGA, Y termediete its ends, constructed to permit FRANKLIN MILLER;

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